Roth Capital Issues Optimistic Forecast for EXE Earnings

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:EXE) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital lifted their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Chesapeake Energy in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, October 29th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now anticipates that the company will earn $0.09 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of ($0.01). Roth Capital has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Chesapeake Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.72 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Chesapeake Energy’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.26 EPS.

Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The company reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.15. Chesapeake Energy had a net margin of 6.07% and a return on equity of 2.74%. The business had revenue of $648.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $708.98 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.09 EPS. Chesapeake Energy’s quarterly revenue was down 57.1% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other brokerages have also issued reports on EXE. Stephens increased their target price on shares of Chesapeake Energy from $85.00 to $86.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Citigroup increased their target price on shares of Chesapeake Energy from $90.00 to $97.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 8th. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Chesapeake Energy from $85.00 to $89.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 8th. Bank of America began coverage on shares of Chesapeake Energy in a report on Monday, October 28th. They set a “buy” rating and a $114.00 price target for the company. Finally, Mizuho upped their price target on shares of Chesapeake Energy from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $99.20.

Chesapeake Energy Trading Down 1.3 %

Shares of EXE opened at $83.66 on Friday. Chesapeake Energy has a 52 week low of $69.12 and a 52 week high of $93.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 51.43 and a beta of 0.47. The company has a current ratio of 2.00, a quick ratio of 2.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20.

Chesapeake Energy Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 14th will be paid a $0.575 dividend. This represents a $2.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. Chesapeake Energy’s payout ratio is 141.98%.

Chesapeake Energy Company Profile

Expand Energy Corporation is an independent natural gas producer principally in the United States. Expand Energy Corporation, formerly known as Chesapeake Energy Corporation, is based in OKLAHOMA CITY.